Recent Streetsblog USA posts about EPA

Federal Support for Smart Planning Is on the Line Tomorrow

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 19, 2011 | 1 Comment

Tomorrow, a Senate panel will vote on two budget bills for FY2012, one of which is for transportation and housing programs. The draft of the bill isn’t available until after the subcommittee markup tomorrow, but Smart Growth America is calling attention to the fact that it’s important to make sure the bill includes funding for the […]

House GOP’s 2012 Transportation Budget: Deep Cuts, Especially for Livability

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 8, 2011 | 3 Comments

In about an hour, Congressional appropriators will vote on how much money to allocate for transportation in the next fiscal year. It won’t be pretty. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) is planning deep cuts to many programs, some reminiscent of House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan’s notorious budget proposal, […]

Polluters Rejoice! Obama Caves on Proposed Ozone Standard

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 2, 2011 | 12 Comments

This morning, President Obama announced that he would direct the EPA to back off of new ozone standards that would have saved an estimated 12,000 lives [PDF]. They’ll revisit it in 2013. Obama said the action was taken in the interest of “reducing regulatory burdens and regulatory uncertainty, particularly as our economy continues to recover,” […]

EPA Publishes Guide to Performance Measures for Livability

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 17, 2011 | No Comments

In the vein of several other recent reports that have highlighted significant transportation reforms that can be made now, with or without a reauthorization bill, the EPA has published guidelines for states and MPOs to make livability plans a reality [PDF]. They illustrate how using performance metrics can lead to better-designed transportation networks, especially when […]

The Latest Target of House Spending Cuts: EPA’s Smart Growth Office

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 28, 2011 | 2 Comments

For much of this week, the House has been debating next year’s appropriations bill for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. The bill includes harsh cuts to many key safety and environmental programs, including the EPA’s Smart Growth Office. According to the Obama administration’s statement of policy on the bill, “The bill terminates funding for EPA’s Smart Growth […]

$100 Million for HUD Sustainability Program Survives in This Year’s Budget

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 18, 2011 | 2 Comments

With multiple versions of two years’ worth of federal budgets flying around, some details are still emerging about what’s in and what’s out. At the end of last week we heard that the FY2011 budget, which has been sent to the president for his signature, includes $100 million for the Partnership for Sustainable Communities. According […]

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